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AoM Showcase Symposium: The Rise of Negative Evaluations and The Fall of Organizations
We are writing to cordially invite you to the upcoming AoM2022 Panel Symposium (session 1307):
Going Down the Drain: The Rise of Negative Evaluations and The Fall of Organizations
Monday, August 8, 2022, 12:00 – 1:30 PM PT
Seattle Convention Center, Tahoma 5 (Hybrid Interactive: Seattle +Virtual)
See symposium details here and add it to your calendar.
Panelists
- Bryant A. Hudson, IESEG School of Management
- Mary-Hunter McDonnell, University of Pennsylvania
- Mike Pfarrer, University of Georgia
- Alessandro Piazza, Rice University
Discussant
- Yuri Mishina, Imperial College London
Overview
Organizations can suffer from negative evaluations when they fail to meet stakeholders' expectations. A growing number of studies have shown that key stakeholders react adversely to organizations, not only for their disruptive activities but also for their inaction or lack of progress towards social and environmental problems such as global warming, gender inequality, data protection issues, and anti-abortion legislation. However, little has been said regarding when and how initial negative reactions can spread from a subgroup to a broader set of audiences, and when and how these negative evaluations intensify, leading to adverse outcomes for the focal organization.
This symposium brings together leading scholars in the area to discuss 1) the different mechanisms from the perspectives of management, sociology, social psychology, and political science that might drive this escalation; 2) how these mechanisms may intertwine and lead to different dynamics and outcomes for organizations; 3) the new insights and a future research agenda for research on negative social evaluations.
Format
The format of the 90-minute symposium will be as follows:
- 5-minute introduction of the topic and the panelists
- 10-minute per panelist to discuss the topic from different perspectives
- 10-minute for the discussant to provide integrative comments and insights
- 30-minute Q&A
- 5-minute Wrap-up
We welcome participants to join our conversation physically or online. We encourage participants to share with us questions to the panelists in advance here by August 4th. Please also feel free to reach out to organizers if you have any questions about the symposium:
Maxine Yu y.yu17@imperial.ac.uk
Lin Dong l.dong.1@bham.ac.uk
We hope to see you in Seattle or online.
Maxine and Lin
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Lin Dong
Assistant Professor
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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